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Posts Tagged as ‘Music’
May 1, 2010
Brasil 45
Inspired by Ben from Akwaaba Music, who posted up a fantastic collection of Angolan 7″ record sleeves a few months back, I thought I’d share a few of my better-looking finds from the record shops (and junk shops) of São Paulo. Check out the rest here.
April 26, 2010
oviolão.01
oviolão.01 is a new compilation of acoustic music from some of Brazil’s brightest young talents, including João Brasil, Curumin, CéU and Kassin. It’s been put together by the crew from oesquema.com.br, home to a bunch of cool (but sadly Portuguese-only) blogs like URBe and Trabalho Sujo. It’s available as a free & legal download right [...]
March 13, 2010
Braziliance!
Lovely mix of classic Brazilian music from the excellent Dreams in Audio blog, featuring tracks from Tim Maia, Arthur Verocai, Os Novos Baianos and more. Download it here, and keep an eye on the site for regular updates of musical goodness.
March 12, 2010
Madlib Invazion
For the past couple of weeks I’ve mostly been listening to two CDs: Medicine Show Vol. 2: Flight To Brazil and Speto da Rua, a pair of incredible Brazilian mixes put together by LA-based beat-maker Madlib. Both work along the same lines. Madlib is an obsessive crate-digger who cites the legendary Azymuth among his favourite bands, so [...]
February 28, 2010
dirty old bossa nova mixtape
In the last few weeks I’ve been having a dig around the dustier corners of my Brazilian music collection, and the result is this mixtape. Dirty Old Bossa Nova is a 56 minute journey through bossa nova (obviously), Brazilian funk, jazz, samba and psychedelia. There’s some new music on there, some old, some rare stuff [...]
December 15, 2009
Buraka Som Sistema mix FABRICLIVE 49
A couple of years of hard graft are starting to pay off for Portugal’s Buraka Som Sistema, whose blend of Angolan kuduro rhythms and European electro sounds has been destroying dancefloors across the world since the release of their From Buraka To The World EP in 2006. Being asked to mix a fabriclive CD is [...]
December 11, 2009
Guida de Palma interview
Juliano from Jungle Drums talks to Guida de Palma (of Jazzinho fame) in Lisbon.
November 25, 2009
Beyoncé goes Forró?
You’ve heard the rumours. I’ve heard the rumours. We’ve all heard the rumours. But now it’s official: 2010 will finally see the release of Beyoncé’s long-awaited first foray into the world of forró music, I Am Maria Bonita. This one gots hit written all over it…
